Food and drinks in Mexico
There is a section on each nation’s food under Essentials. Eating out can be a joy, a trial, a challenge or a nightmare. We are introducing bands of restaurants that aim to help when choosing a restaurant.’Seriously cheap’ restaurants will be no more than US$3, ‘cheap’ puts the cost somewhere between US$4 and US$8, with the ‘mid-range’carrying on up to US$15. Thereafter eating out fall into the ‘expensive’ category by Central American standards. While the cost of eating out varies greatly across the region, these categories should provide some guidance.
Most restaurants serve a daily special meal, usually at lunchtime called an almuerzo, comida corrida or comida corriente, which works out much cheaper and is usually filling and nutritious. Vegetarians should be able to list all the foods they cannot eat; saying ‘Soy vegetariano/a’ (I’m a vegetarian) or ‘no como carne’ (I don’t eat meat) is often not enough.
MEXICO: Walmex sales jump in Q3
Latin America's largest retailer, Wal-Mart de Mexico SA, has announced a 34% rise in third quarter profit, helped by sales at stores the company opened this year in lower-cost rural areas, according to the Bloomberg news agency.
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Mexicali is the capital of the state of Baja California, Mexico. Situated along the state's northern border with the U.S. state of California, Mexicali is a short distance (about 2 hours drive) from San Diego, California. Mexicali has an International Airport, served by Aeroméxico, Mexicana de Aviación and AeroCalifornia, among others.
Mexicali is a sister city of Calexico, California, which lies directly across the international border, as each city's name combines California and Mexico.
Mexicali is also known for its bullfighting arena, called "Plaza de Toros Calafia".
Mexicali has also the largest Chinatown, called La Chinesca, and the largest number of overseas Chinese
MEXICO: Coke fined by competition authority
Coca-Cola’s Mexican subsidiary and some of its bottlers have been fined US$15m after failing to convince Mexico's competition watchdogs that it had not broken trade laws.
The Federal Competition Commission upheld a fine imposed on Coke and its bottlers for allegedly pressurising small shops into refusing to stock other brands of cola.
The Commission received a complaint from Raquel Chavez in 2003. She accused a Coca-Cola distributor of refusing to sell to her small shop because she had started stocking the rival brand Big Cola.
Big Cola, a Peruvian-based supplier of cheap-end colas, joined the action against Coca-Cola.
Fines against Coca-Cola in Mexico upheld
Mexico's federal competition commission has upheld a $15 million fine against Coca-Cola's Mexican subsidiary for anti-competitive practices.
The commission began investigating the company when a complaint was made in 2003 by Raquel Chavez, a Mexican shopkeeper. Ms Chavez claimed that her Coca-Cola supplier refused to sell to her shop when she began to stock a rival brand, Big Cola. The complaint led to the commission finding other similar incidents.
The fines have been imposed on 15 of the distributors and bottlers of Coca-Cola in the region and will be a victory for Ajegroup, the maker
WTO panel sides against Mexico tax on US corn sweetener
A World Trade Organization panel has found that Mexico violated global trade rules in a soft-drink dispute with the US.
The issue is a 20-percent tax that Mexico slapped on beverages made with imported sweeteners such as high-fructose corn syrup and sugar made from beets. Drinks made with Mexican cane sugar are exempt.
Before the tax was imposed in 2002, Mexico was a top market for high-fructose corn syrup from the US. However, the tax made it too expensive to use the corn sweetener in soft drinks, and now the US share of
The city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca (formally: Oaxaca de Juárez, in honour of 19th-century president and national hero Benito Juárez, who was born nearby) is the capital and main city of the Mexican state of the same name. It is located in the Oaxaca Valley in the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains, at 17°07′ N 96°72′ W. The important Monte Albán archaeological site is close to the city. In 2003 the estimated population was 259,600 people.
Oaxaca is far more than a tourist destination, and tourism does not dominate the city's life. Nonetheless, it does have a significant tourist trade, based on
Subsistence
The ancient Maya had diverse methods of food production. It was formerly believed that slash and burn (swidden) agriculture provided most of their food but it is now thought that permanent raised fields, terraccing, forest gardens, managed fallows, and wild harvesting were also crucial to supporting the large populations of the Classic period. Indeed evidence of these different systems persist today: raised fields connected by canals can be seen on aerial photographs, contemporary rainforest species composition have significantly higher abundances of species of economic value to ancient Maya, and pollen records in lake sediments suggest that corn, manioc, sunflower seeds,
Mexican Coke firms fined for strong-arm tactics
Mexico's competition watchdog upheld on Thursday fines totaling almost $15 million against 15 Coca-Cola (KO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) bottlers and distributors for forcing shops to sell only their soft drinks.
The distributors, many owned by Mexico-based Coca-Cola Femsa (KOF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (KOFL.MX: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's No. 2 Coke bottler, as well as the Coca-Cola Export Corp., owned by Coca-Cola Co. (KO.N: Quote, Profile, Research), were fined about $1 million each for insisting that stores in Mexico only sell Coke brand products and not competitors' drinks.
The Federal Competition Commission said the
Mexico mulls appeal of WTO corn syrup tax ruling
Mexico is mulling whether to appeal a World Trade Organization ruling in favor of the United States in a dispute over taxes on drinks made with high-fructose corn syrup, while seeking other ways to slow imports of the sweetener.
Mexico has in the past said it would contest the WTO ruling, but has yet to launch an appeal.
"One possibility is that we will not appeal the decision, depending on whether we have an alternative that could be as effective" in restricting imports, said Hugo Perez Cano, of Mexico's trade negotiating team.
In June,
MEXICO: Mexico may overtake US on obesity rate
Mexico probably will surpass the US in obesity rates for the first time next year as it adopts the fast food and sedentary lifestyles of its neighbour, according to the Bloomberg news agency.
The health crisis prompted Mexico's congress this month to move toward making school exercise mandatory. Mexico City has called in a Texas doctor to wean kids off pizza and fries, while Health Ministry ads warn fat can lead to diabetes and heart disease.
“Obese and overweight adults went from nowhere in 1990 to 62% in 2000," said Barry Popkin, an economist and
